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Headlines for 3 December 2004

New York’s currently: having eggnog for breakfast

 Best-dressed former top cop Bernard Kerik chosen to replace Tom Ridge.

 Car bomb kills 13 in Baghdad, just after rebels killed 12 while overtaking a police station.

 Bush affirms election path, dismisses postponing Iraqi elections.

 International aid groups tap Islamic money for rivers of gold.

 Notes, anecdotes, and memories of a weeklong interview with Paul Bowles.

 Op: What remains from a messy week in Israeli politics will spark long-standing trends.

 Full-length streams of the San Francisco Symphony playing American Mavericks.

 Interrogators in U.S. jails in Afghanistan given weak or zero guidance, says classified report.

 Neuroscience tries to explain why people get chills of euphoria while listening to music.

 Op: Nobody can claim to have an answer to this most vexed question of our times: “How far should liberal societies tolerate the intolerant?”

 CIA knew about 2002 coup against Venezuela’s Chávez, despite Bush’s denials at the time.

 10 interesting facts about Beaujolais, the least interesting of wines.

 Pocket squares are pretty much de rigeur. Sopranos costume designer describes looks and choices.

 A very complete guide to eating sushi.

 The postcards of the Keown-Boyd family, 1898-1922.

 Video: The only fitness video featuring poodles you’ll ever need to see.

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